Laura is a Chartered Director with a BSc in Psychology (biological sciences) and a MSc in science and arts’ communication. She is a former science journalist with experience in media relations, media training, event management and not-for-profit associations.

She was a founding director of www.alphagalileo.org, promoting museums and science centres including the National Museum of Science and Industry (UK), Natural History Museum (UK), Cite des Sciences (France) and the Nehru Planetarium (India). She has contributed to best practice in arts and science communication via trade publications, strategic partnerships, online networks and media-training. She has published a dissertation on public engagement with museums via Web 2.0 and is committed to the societal benefits of knowledge-sharing with the museum community and wider publics.

INSITE Editor since 2000, Roisin has worked with MA (Vic) since 1996 when she was our Administrative Assistant. Before this, she completed a studio residency from the Australia Council in New York and another at Gertrude Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne. Roisin has a Post Graduate Diploma in Art History & Cinema Studies (University of Melbourne) and a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art – Painting (RMIT). Her interests include visual arts, cinema and knitting.

Meredith Windust has worked as the Finance Officer for MA (Vic) since 2006 through her own Financial Services company. Her company was established in 1998 and provides financial services to a number of small business and not for profit clients in many industries. Meredith has extensive experience in these services. In her past employment, she held senior accounting, payroll and human resource roles at the Victorian Employers Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VECCI). Meredith is interested in the arts and is the Treasurer for NETS Victoria. Meredith’s other interests include painting, music and aromatherapy.

Barbara has been Manager of BBRM (Building Better Regional Museums) in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2009. Her previous roles include Manager, Museum Accreditation Program at MA (Vic) from 1998 to 2000. Her varied museum career has included roles as a Publications and Exhibitions Officer at Public Record Office and as a consulting editor and writer for exhibitions and other projects. She is co-author of Private Lives, Public Records: Family History Resources at Public Record Office Victoria (2003). Her qualifications include a Bachelor of Education (University of South Australia), Graduate Diploma in Museum Studies (Deakin University), Graduate Diploma in Civil Ceremonies (Monash University). Her special interests include the visual arts, children in museums, writing and editing.

Euan was appointed as the inaugural Community Collections Manager in 2007, after working as MAP Manager in 2006 and serving on the MAP Committee for 2 years.

Euan’s earlier professional life includes time as the State Library of Victoria’s Collection Preservation Manager and Collection Reformatting Manager. For over 10 years Euan worked for Museum Victoria – as Program Director of Technology, Head of the Science and Technology Division and Senior Curator of Photography and Cinematography. His qualifications include a Diploma of Art & Design (Prahran College of Advanced Education).

Euan’s special interests include community museums, photography, and the Hawthorn Football Club. As a volunteer, he has been instrumental in establishing a museum for the Club and managing its collection.

Megan commenced as MAP Manager in April 2009. She has a BA in Art History, and developed an interest in museums as a regular volunteer at Heide. Her Honours research examined continuity and change in Victorian Indigenous art. She has a professional background in museum cataloguing, art handling and collection management, having worked with the diverse collections of the NGV, Museum Victoria, Shire of Yarra Ranges including Yarra Ranges Regional Museum and Tennis Australia, and has taught subjects in art history and Indigenous cultures at Melbourne University. Megan completed a PhD in cultural heritage management in 2008 in which she examined the adoption of new media technologies by Indigenous cultural organisations.

Currently, Megan is carrying out research and community consultation part-time for a museum feasibility project with a Victorian Indigenous community. She also has an interest in American folk music and plays the fiddle.

A MAP Manager since 2006, Kitty’s background includes a Graduate Diploma of Museum Studies (Deakin University), a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts with Honours (RMIT) and a Bachelor of Arts in Social Anthropology (University of NSW).

Kitty’s professional arts roles have included Artist in Residence at Coburg Children’s Centre; Assistant Curator of Visual Arts at the Victorian Arts Centre; Assistant to the Co-ordinator with the Silk Cut Award for Linocut Prints; Co-ordinator of the Refugee Women’s Art Exhibition; co-ordinating all aspects of exhibitions as a member of an artist-run group; and Volunteer Assistant to the Curator at Melbourne’s Chinese Museum. Her many interests include art, Mexican culture and the role of art in museums.

Georgia has managed RETI since 2005. She was Curator of the Lenton Parr Estate from 2003-2008, the City of Boroondara collections and the McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park. As Acting Director at the McClelland Gallery in 2001, she completed the Museum Leadership Program. Georgia’s other previous roles include Exhibitions Project Coordinator at Museum Victoria and Assistant Curator at the Performing Arts Museum. She has published widely on art and is the author of Exhibitions: a practical guide for small musuems and galleries.

With qualifications including a Graduate Diploma in Art Curatorship and Museum Management (University of Melbourne), a Master of Arts in Australian Art History (Monash University), a Graduate Diploma in Art History and a Bachelor of Arts – Social Sciences (La Trobe University), Georgia is now working on her PhD in Art History.

Lyndel commenced as Manager, Professional Development in October 2009. She has a BA with Honours from the University of Melbourne, majoring in Fine Arts with a focus on European and Australian art history. She has a professional background in curatorial work and arts management. She was Curator at Shepparton Art Gallery and inaugural curator for the City of Boroondara. Between 1999 and 2008 Lyndel lived and worked in Sydney, where she was Manager, Professional Development for Museums & Galleries NSW and undertook freelance curatorial work with the visual art and contemporary craft sector. Curatorial projects have included international touring exhibitions. She has a strong interest in museology and completed Museum Studies at Deakin University. Lyndel is passionate about understanding and working with Australian Indigenous people and culture. She recently graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts with a Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Arts Management, which facilitates her cross cultural museum work. Lyndel’s interests include poetry, psychology, family life and Australian cultural expression.

Cassie’s background includes a BACA (Hons) from the Victorian College of the Arts and a Masters in Creative Arts (Research) from the University of Melbourne. She comes from a strong journalist and museums background, as former Editor of the arts magazine Trouble, with experience at some of the best Victorian museums and galleries including Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bundoora Homestead and City Museum at Old Treasury.

Dimity joined MA (Vic) in 2007 after moving to Melbourne from Brisbane where she was Arts Administrator at the Redland Art Gallery. She has over ten years experience in administration and customer service roles and also turns her hand to graphic design and web development. She has a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Art History from University of Queensland, and is currently studying Museum Studies at Deakin University. Her other interests include contemporary art, new technologies and travelling.

Georgia began with Museums Australia (Victoria) in June 2010. Her PhD and masters studies in Anthropology focused on New Museology and community museums, on which she has written various conference papers and journal articles. She is currently publishing a book called “A Transnational Exhibition: Young Visions of the San Miguel Cuevas Community”. She also holds a BA (Tourism) from RMIT University, and a Grad Dip in Anthropology from the University of Melbourne. She has worked in many museum based positions over the past 10 years, including as a curator of a transnational community exhibition for the Rockefeller Foundation, and in various assistant curator and collection management roles at the Mazatlan Archaeological and Art Museum, the Immigration Museum, Melbourne Museum and the National Wool Museum.

Peta has been working and volunteering in museums since she was 16 and is very happy that someone will pay her to visit many of the 700 collecting organisations in this state as part of the Victorian Collections project. While studying Classical Archaeology at Sydney University, Peta was employed as Education Officer at the university’s Nicholson Museum. Continuing her studies at Flinders University, Peta completed a Masters of Maritime Archaeology where her thesis research took her to 30 museums around Australia so she could examine the representation of shipwrecks in museums. As Maritime Heritage Coordinator from 2007 to 2010 Peta worked with the 37 Tasmanian maritime organisations to preserve and promote the considerable amount of maritime heritage on the island state. Peta is a self confessed anchorologist and can often be found measuring these impressive examples of maritime history.